People QuickFacts	Bennington CDP	Vermont
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	X	626,592
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	X	625,741
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	X	0.1%
 	Population, 2010    	9,074	625,741
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.9%	5.1%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	20.8%	20.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	20.4%	14.6%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.7%	50.7% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	96.2%	95.3%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.0%	1.0%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.5%	0.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.6%	1.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.3%	1.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	1.7%	1.5%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	95.1%	94.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	82.5%	86.2%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	2.5%	3.9%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	3.2%	5.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	84.8%	91.0%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	21.0%	33.8%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	897	51,981
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	14.0	21.7 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	4,122	322,539
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	56.7%	71.4%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	44.7%	23.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$157,100	$213,000
 	Households, 2007-2011    	3,708	256,711
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.16	2.34
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$24,586	$28,376
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$37,532	$53,422
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	15.6%	11.3%

   	Business QuickFacts	Bennington CDP	Vermont
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	F	78,729
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	S
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	S
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.6%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	26.0% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	10,751,461
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	5,121,694
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	9,310,119
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	NA	$15,005
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	1,367,630

   	Geography QuickFacts	Bennington CDP	Vermont
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	4.80	9,216.66
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,890.0	67.9
 	FIPS Code    	04750	50
 	Counties    	Bennington County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts